Open AccessDEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE IN AN ISLAND COMMUNITY (GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS) 1
Author(s) -
FitzGerald William J.,
Nelson Stephen G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
proceedings of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0748-3260
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1979.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - prawn , polyculture , macrobrachium rosenbergii , aquaculture , fishery , biology , tilapia , fish <actinopterygii>
ABSTRACT Guam' aquaculture program was initiated in 1973. At that time government operated experimental demonstration ponds were stocked with a variety of species in order to obtain growth data under local climatic conditions and to determine which show the greatest promise for use in aquaculture. The species which were most promising were the eel ( Anguilla japonica ) and the freshwater prawn ( Macrobrachium rosenbergii ). At present the culture of prawn, eel, hybrid tilapia, and freshwater turtle is being conducted on a small scale. The majority of the prawn ponds are managed as polyculture systems with several species of Chinese carp cultured as secondary species. Several marine and freshwater species show potential for aquaculture on Guam in the future. The merits of these species are reviewed.